DOCUMENT No. 11. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, JANUARY 20, 1854. The following communication from the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, in relation to the Wall street Ferry, was received, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. D. T. VALENTINE, Clerk. Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board report to this Board at the next meeting thereof, all the papers and documents in his possession relating to the Wall street Ferry. OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE COMMON COUNCIL, New January 20, 1854. To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen : GENTLEMEN:-In compliance with the annexed resolu lution, directing me to report the papers relating to the Wall street Ferry, I submit the following, being all the proceedings had by the Common Council upon the subject, the original of which are placed on file in this office. Resolved, That a lease of the slip at the foot of Wall street, in the city of New York, or so much thereof as belongs to the Corporation, together with the northerly side of pier No. 15; and also a ferry lease with the privilege to establish and run a ferry from the foot of Jerolamen street, or some convenient point adjacent thereto, in the city of Brooklyn, be granted to Jacob Sharp, for the term of ten years, at an annual rent of twenty thousand dollars, with power to regulate the same, from time to time, by the Common Council; said rent to be paid quarterly, on the usual quarter days, and commence fifteen months after the execution of the lease. The said lease to contain the usual covenants contained in ferry leases; and unless said ferry shall be put in operation within fifteen months from its execution, the said lease shall be canceled; and further, that said lessee shall only be required to pay the ent for said slip at the rate now received therefor by the Corporation, until the said fifteen months expire. Adopted by the Board of Assistants, May 10, 1852. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 11, 1852. Received from his Honor the Mayor, May 24, 1852, with his objections thereto. Board of Assistants, June 11, 1852; taken up, reconsidered, and adopted; notwithstanding the objections of his Honor the Mayor thereto, a majority of all the members elected voting in favor thereof. Board of Aldermen, June 16, 1852; taken up, reconsidered, and adopted, notwithstanding the objections of his Honor the Mayor thereto, a majority of all the members elected voting in favor thereof; therefore, under the provisions of the amended charter, the same became adopted. Whereas, A lease has been granted to Jacob Sharp of the slip at the foot of Wall street; and, Whereas, A survey and map of such slip has been made by Isaac T. Ludlum, City Surveyor, September, 1852, under the direction of the Street Commissioner, showing the right of said Corporation and of said Sharp, under said lease; and Whereas, Said lessee has been obstructed in obtaining possession of the property leased to him in said slip, Resolved, The the Counsel to the Corporation take the necessary measures to put and keep said lessee in the possession and en oyment of said slip, as laid down on said map. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, October 4, 1852. Resolved, That the Wall street Ferry Company be, and they are hereby permitted to change one of their landings or bridges on the Brooklyn side, from Montague street to Fulton street, on the west side of the present landing of the Fulton ferry, or adjacent or near thereto; provided that the passage of this resolution does not interfere with any of the privileges heretofore executed to the Union Ferry Company. Adopted by the Board of Assistants, October 12, 1853. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, October 14, 1853. Approved by the Mayor, October 15, 1853. Resolved, That the Wall street Ferry Company have permission to drive spring piles half way across the outer end of the two piers at the foot of Wall street, for the protection of their boats on entering the slip. Adopted by the Board of Assistants, May 11, 1853. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, October 31, 1853. Approved by the Mayor, November 1, 1853. Resolved, That the rent of the Wall street ferry be, and the same is hereby reduced to five thousand dollars a year, and that an instrument to that effect be executed by the proper officers. Adopted by the Board of Assistants, October 5, 1853. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, October 21, 1853. Received from his Honor the Mayor, November 15, 1853, without his approval or objections thereto, therefore, under the provisions of the amended charter the same became adopted. Resolved, That the consent of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York be, and the same is hereby given to Jacob Sharp, Freeman Campbell and Rutherford Moody, to assign and transfer to the Union Ferry Company, the lease for the ferry from the foot of Wall street to the foot of Jerolamen street, or some point adjacent thereto, in the eity of Brooklyn. Adopted by the Board of Assistants, December 30, 1853. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, December 31, 1853. Approved by the Mayor, December 31, 1853. All of which is respectfully submitted, D. T. VALENTINE, Clerk. DOCUMENT No. 12. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. JANUARY 20, 1854. The following communication from his Honor the Mayor, transmitting one from the Chief of Police, in answer to the annexed resolution, was received, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. D. T. VALENTINE, Clerk. GENTLEMEN: I transmit herewith copies of various orders and instructions in answer to resolutions of inquiry addressed to the Chief of Police, and which he has communicated to me as the head of the Police Department, in order that they may reach your Honorable Body through the proper official character. JACOB A. WESTERVELT. |